Position Summary

As a Central Office Technician you will maintain the company's central office equipment including IP networking equipment ensuring optimal equipment performance while providing professional, courteous internal and external customer service.

Qualifications

You are required to have:

• 2 or more years of experience working with telecommunications equipment and service, including Cyan, Ciena, and Roadem
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry equipment applications, including switching, transmission, IP transport, voice systems, metaswitch, and system features
• Must be willing to work outside normal business hours, including nights, weekends and oncall schedule
• Good communication, documentation and problem solving skills
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Valid driver's license with acceptable driving record

Additional preferred qualifications:

• Associate degree in telecommunications engineering or related
• CCNA
• Power Limited Technician license

Schedule

Hours for this position are Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM; hours and work days may vary with workload; on-call rotation; and over-time as needed.

Location

This position may be located in several of our locations, including Perham, Detroit Lakes, St. Cloud, Melrose, or New Hope, MN.

Benefits

Arvig offers a competitive wage and an excellent benefits package, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, PTO, holidays, education reimbursement, company service discounts and FREE internet*

Minnesota's Small Town, Employee-Owned Tech Giant

As one of the largest independent broadband service providers in the nation, Arvig serves residential and business customers throughout Minnesota and beyond. Headquartered in Perham, Minnesota, Arvig provides broadband and telecommunications services, including high-speed internet, TV, phone, home and farm security and business services.

With approximately 900 employees, we keep our quality standards of ownership, engagement, efficiency and knowledge top-of-mind as we conduct business every day. Our culture is built on leadership behaviors integral to our success, which include courage, humble, open-mindedness, integrity and respect. Having the best employees anywhere is what we consider to be the Arvig Advantage.

Women and minorities encouraged to apply.

We are unable to sponsor H1B visas.

Drug Screen

• At your primary residence located in an Arvig service area.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)